TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES 



acuminata. 



colored when ripe, with a few hard, 

 bony, black seeds, coated with red 

 pulp, ripe in autumn. Large (50 to 

 90 ft.) noble forest tree, wild in west- 

 ern New York and southward. Wood 

 rather soft, yellowish-white, quite du- 

 rable, and extensively used for pump 

 logs. Occasionally cultivated ; fine 

 for avenues. 



4. Magnolia cordata, Michx. (YEL- 

 LOW CUCUMBER-TREE.) Leaves broadly 

 ovate or oval, rarely cordate at base, 

 smooth above, white-downy beneath, 

 4 to 6 in. long. Flowers lemon-yellow 

 slightly streaked with red. June. Fruit nearly 

 3 in. long, red when ripe in autumn. A rather 

 small, broad-headed tree (20 to 50 ft.), wild in 

 the Southern States, but hardy as far north as 

 Boston ; not often cultivated. Probably an up- 

 land variety of the preceding. 



5. Magnolia macrophylla, Michx. (GREAT- 

 LEAVED MAGNOLIA.) Leaves very large, some- 

 times 3 ft. long, crowded at the summit of the 

 branches, obovate-oblong, cordate at the nar- 

 rowed base, glaucous-white beneath, 

 green above ; twigs whitish pubescent. 

 Flowers very large (12 in. broad), 

 white with a purple spot near the 

 base ; fragrant. Fruit cylindrical, 4 

 in. long, deep rose-colored when ripe 

 in autumn. A medium-sized (30 to 40 

 ft.), spreading tree ; wild from Ken- 

 tucky south, hardy and cultivated as 

 far north as New York City. 



6. Magnolia Fraseri, Walt. (EAE- 

 LEAVED UMBRELLA-TREE.) Leaves 

 crowded at the ends of the flowering 

 branches, obovate or spatulate, au- 

 ra, macrophtfiia, riculate at base, smooth (1 ft. long). 

 Leaf-buds smooth. Flowers (6 in. wide) white, slightly scented. 

 April to May. Fruit 3 to 4 in. long, rose-colored, ripe in autumn. 



